Texts to Inform and Entertain - teaching resource

Texts to Inform and Entertain explains how to identify the key differences and features of informative and entertaining texts.  These fully editable 9 slide PowerPoint resources/lesson(s) can be used as a starter activity, a stand alone lesson or developed into a language scheme of work.  The activities include:

   1. What is the difference between texts to entertain and texts to inform?
   2. How writers blend different purposes within a text.
   3. Consolidation / assessment of understanding task
   4. 3 accompanying worksheet

For a preview of English Teaching Resources: Texts to Inform and Entertain click on the PowerPoint images.

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